Title:

As a Basis for Discussion

Creator:

Crick, Francis, 1916-2004

Date:

23 February 1956

Description:

In this conceptual outline, addressed to James Watson and Leslie Orgel, Crick considered how a genetic code that is non-overlapping--i.e., in which discrete units of nucleotides, whether triplets or quadruplets, do not share nucleotides with each other--might still have enough built-in restrictions to code for only twenty amino acids during protein synthesis.

Original Repository:

The Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine. Francis Harry Compton Crick Papers

Location:

Box: 74. Folder: PP/CRI/H/2/2

Rights:

Reproduced with permission of the Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine. and http://library.wellcome.ac.uk/

Genre:

Reports
Drafts (documents)

Subject:

Genetic Code

Format:

Text

Extent:

6 pages

Language:

English

Legacy Source Citation:

Original Repository. Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine. Francis Harry Compton Crick Papers. 11646. URL. http://archives.wellcome.ac.uk/

Legacy ID:

SCBBFS

NLM ID:

101584582X64

Profiles Collection:

The Francis Crick Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584582X64

Story Section:

Defining the Genetic Coding Problem, 1954-1957